Travel carrier

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a travel carrier including: a frame portion formed of a rigid material and vertically arranged in a central portion to form a part of an upper end portion and a part of a lower end portion; and a first accommodating body and a second accommodating body detachably coupled to one side and the other side of the frame portion, respectively, and including at least one wheel at a lower end portion to be in rolling-contact with the ground. At least one of the first accommodating body and the second accommodating body is detachably coupled to the one side or the other side of the frame portion by a zipper. A traveler can select an accommodating body having a suitable size considering a travel purpose and a volume of portable articles.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the priority benefit of Korean PatentApplication No. 10-2017-0152375 filed on Nov. 15, 2017, the disclosureof which is incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

Embodiments of the invention relate to a travel carrier and, moreparticularly, to a travel carrier where an electronic device such as anotebook computer can be easily inserted and taken out.

Description of the Related Art

Generally, a travel carrier encompasses a special-purpose bag designedto accommodate a large amount of traveler's articles and to allow atraveler to walk while carrying or dragging a carrier body on the road.

In order to prevent breakage or damage of accommodated articles due toan impact from an outside, a travel carrier generally has an outerportion formed of a rigid material or has a rigid outer portion coveredwith a fiber or the like.

However, the conventional travel carrier has a problem that a volume ofstorage is constant regardless of a volume of articles to be stored, anda customer must have various carriers of various volumes depending on atravel purpose.

Also, the conventional travel carrier has two wheels and has a handleprovided on one side of the travel carrier where the wheels are located,and thus, is moved in a tilted state. Although the travel carrier withtwo wheels may not have problems for a long distance travel, it may beinconvenient to be used as a travel of a short distance or a travelthrough a relative small space. As a result, carriers with four spinnerwheels that can rotate 360 degrees are developed. Carriers using fourwheels are able to be carried or dragged with a small force or with lessenergy because weight is dispersed by four wheels. However, because thehandle was located on one side of the travel carrier, the weight of thetravel carrier may be not efficiently distributed and the weight may beundesirably concentrated. Thus, it may be unstable to use the carrier.

In addition, in the conventional travel carrier, a traveler should opena main body of the travel carrier to take out an electronic device suchas a notebook computer or the like when a traveler passes through asecurity check zone at an airport or the like. In the process of passingthrough the security check zone, articles in the travel carrier may bepoured to the outside or private articles related to privacy of atraveler may be exposed to the outside.

Further, the traveler should additionally carry a battery for chargingpower of an electronic device, such as a cellular phone, a notebookcomputer, or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, embodiments of the invention have been made in view of theabove problems, and the invention is to provide a travel carrier beingable to be prepared by selecting an accommodating body having a suitablesize, among accommodating bodies having various sizes, in considerationof a travel purpose and a volume of articles to be accommodated, and bydetachably coupling the selected accommodating body to a frame portion.

Also, embodiments of the invention are also to provide a travel carrierbeing able to be carried or dragged by a traveler by a handle bar at anupper end of a frame portion capable of maintaining a center of gravityof a carrier main body.

In addition, embodiments of the invention are further to provide atravel carrier being able to allow a traveler to easily take out anelectronic device by using an auxiliary housing without opening acarrier main body. A housing entrance of the auxiliary housing isexposed to an outside so that an electronic device can be taken out ofand inserted into the auxiliary housing when a handle bar is pulled outof a frame portion, and is covered by the handle bar when the handle baris inserted into the frame portion.

A travel carrier according to an embodiment of the invention includes: aframe portion formed of a rigid material and vertically arranged in acentral portion to form a part of an upper end portion and a part of alower end portion; and a first accommodating body and a secondaccommodating body detachably coupled to one side and the other side ofthe frame portion, respectively, and including at least one wheel at alower end portion to be in rolling-contact with the ground. At least oneof the first accommodating body and the second accommodating body isdetachably coupled to the one side or the other side of the frameportion by a zipper.

In this instance, front or rear edges of the first accommodating bodyand the second accommodating body may be engaged with or disengaged froma front or rear edge of the frame portion by the zipper to have anannular shape or a closed shape.

Further, a handle bar may be disposed at an upper end and a peripheryportion of the frame portion to be inserted into and pulled out of theframe portion. The frame portion may have an empty space, and front andrear surfaces of the frame portion may be open to an outside so that theempty space of the frame portion 14 communicates with the outsidethrough the front and rear surfaces. A space formed by the frameportion, the first accommodating body, and the second accommodating bodymay be totally used in a state that the frame portion, the firstaccommodating body, and the second accommodating body are connected toeach other. Alternatively, spaces of the first accommodating body andthe second accommodating body may be individually used to be separatedfrom each other in a state that a covering member covers the frontand/or rear surface of the frame portion. The covering member may bedetachably coupled to edges of the frame portion.

In addition, the frame portion may include an auxiliary housing toaccommodate an electronic device therein.

In this instance, the auxiliary housing may have a housing entrance forreceiving the electronic device. The auxiliary housing maybe formed sothat the housing entrance is covered when the handle bar is insertedinto the frame portion and is exposed when the handle bar is pulled outof the frame portion.

Further, the auxiliary housing may further include a pouch disposed atan inner space of the frame portion. The pouch may be detachably coupledto an upper end of the frame portion where the housing entrance forreceiving the electronic device is disposed.

In addition, an upper end of the pouch may be coupled to or separatedfrom the upper end of the frame portion where the housing entrance isdisposed by a zipper.

Furthermore, the first accommodating body and the second accommodatingbody may be made to have various sizes so that various articles ofvarious volumes are stored and may be selectively coupled to the frameportion detachably.

Also, the first accommodating body and the second accommodating body maybe made to have different colors and may be selectively coupled to theframe portion detachably.

In addition, the travel carrier may further includes: a battery insertedinto and disposed at a side of an upper end of at least one of the firstaccommodating body and the second accommodating body; and a powercharging unit for charging an electronic device, wherein the powercharging unit including a battery charging terminal connected to thebattery.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and other advantages of theinvention will be more clearly understood from the following detaileddescription taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a travel carrier according to anembodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 2A and 2B are exploded perspective view showing a state where afirst accommodating body and a second accommodating body of the travelcarrier shown in FIG. 1 are separated from each other;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of anauxiliary housing in a state where a handle bar is pulled out of a mainbody of the travel carrier shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 shows a state when the travel carrier shown in FIG. 1 is used.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described in detailwith reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments describedbelow are provided as an example so that the skilled person in the artin which the invention is pertained fully understands the invention. Theinvention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and may beembodied in other forms. In order to clearly show the invention, partsnot related to the description are omitted in the drawings. In thedrawings, a width, a length, a thickness, and the like may beexaggerated for the sake of convenience. The same reference numeraldesignates the same or very similar elements throughout thespecification.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a travel carrier according to anembodiment of the invention. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective viewshowing a state in which a first accommodating body and a secondaccommodating body of the travel carrier shown in FIG. 1 are separatedfrom each other, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing anexample of an auxiliary housing in a state where a handle bar is pulledout of a main body of the travel carrier shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 shows astate when the travel carrier shown in FIG. 1 is used.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a travel carrier according to an embodimentof the invention includes a carrier main body 1 including a frameportion 14, a first accommodating body 10A, and a second accommodatingbody 10B.

In this instance, the frame portion 14 may be formed of a rigidmaterial. The frame portion 14 maybe vertically disposed in a centralportion of the carrier main body 1 to form a part of an upper endportion and a part of a lower end portion of the carrier main body 1.The frame portion 14 forms an overall framework of the carrier main body1, and the first accommodating body 10A and the second accommodatingbody 10B maybe selectively coupled to a front surface or a rear surfaceof the frame portion 14.

Referring to FIG. 2, each of the first accommodating body 10A and thesecond accommodating body 10B may have a separate accommodating spacefor accommodating articles, and may be selectively coupled to the frontsurface or the rear surface of the frame portion 14 disposed in thecentral portion. In addition, the frame portion 14 has an empty space,and the front and rear surfaces of the frame portion 14 are open to anoutside so that the empty space of the frame portion 14 communicateswith the outside through the front and rear surfaces. A space formed bythe frame portion 14, the first accommodating body 10A, and the secondaccommodating body 10B may be totally used in a state that the frameportion 14, the first accommodating body 10A, and the secondaccommodating body 10B are connected to each other. Alternatively,spaces of the first accommodating body 10A and the second accommodatingbody 10B may be individually used to be separated from each other in astate that a covering member 21 covers the front and/or rear surface ofthe frame portion 14. The covering member 21 may be detachably coupledto edges of the frame portion 14. FIG. 2A shows an embodiment in whichthe space formed by the frame portion 14, the first accommodating body10A, and the second accommodating body 10B is used without the coveringmember 21 in the state that the frame portion 14, the firstaccommodating body 10A, and the second accommodating body 10B areconnected to each other. FIG. 2B shows an embodiment in which the spacesof the first accommodating body 10A and the second accommodating body10B are individually used by coupling the covering member 21.

In this instance, the first accommodating body 10A and the secondaccommodating body 10B may be detachably coupled to one side (a frontsurface) or the other side (a rear surface) of the frame portion 14 by azipper.

For example, a zipper member (not shown) may be provided on each of thefront and rear edge portions of the frame portion 14 so that the firstaccommodating body 10A and the second accommodating body 10B can becoupled by the zipper. Also, a zipper member may be provided on each ofedges of the first accommodating body 10A and the second accommodatingbody 10B to be engaged with or disengaged from the zipper member of theframe portion 14 to have an annular shape or a closed shape to surroundall edges.

The first accommodating bodies 10A and the second accommodating bodies10B having various sizes may be manufactured and provided to a user sothat a size of an accommodating space in which articles are accommodatedcan be varied. In this instance, if the first accommodating bodies 10Aor the second accommodating bodies 10B having various sizes, portions ofthe first accommodating bodies 10A or the second accommodating bodies10B coupled to the zipper member may have the same or very similar sizeto each other to be stably connected to the frame portion 14.

In the travel carrier according to the embodiment of the invention, thefirst accommodating body 10A and the second accommodating body 10B aredetachably coupled to the frame portion 14. Thus, the firstaccommodating body 10A and the second accommodating body 10B havingvarious sizes can be manufactured for accommodating various articles ofvarious volumes, and the first accommodating body 10A or the secondaccommodating body 10B having a suitable size can be selected asnecessary and be detachably coupled to the frame portion 14.

Therefore, when a traveler buys a travel carrier according to theinvention on the market, the traveler may basically buy the frameportion 14 forming an overall framework and may buy the firstaccommodating bodies 10A and the second accommodating bodies 10B havingvarious sizes. Then, the traveler may select the accommodating body 10Aor 10B considering a travel purpose and a volume of articles to becarried for the travel, and may use the travel carrier 10 in a statethat the selected accommodating body 10A or 10B is coupled to the frameportion 14.

In this instance, the first accommodating body 10A and the secondaccommodating body 10B having various colors may be manufactured, andmay be selected as necessary and be detachably coupled to the frameportion 14. In this instance, a color of the first accommodating body10A or the second accommodating body 10B may be different from that ofthe frame portion 14, and may be variously varied so that a user canfreely choose a color according to a taste of the user.

Meanwhile, at least one wheel 11 may be provided at lower surfaces ofthe first and second accommodating bodies 10A and 10B to be inrolling-contact with the ground. However, the wheel 11 is notnecessarily provided in the first accommodating body 10A and the secondaccommodating body 10B. Thus, the wheel 11 may be provided in a lowerend of the frame portion 14 when the frame portion 14 is relativelywide.

In this instance, the frame unit 14 may include an auxiliary housing 12in which an electronic device E is received or accommodated. Theauxiliary housing 12 may form an exclusive and separate space forreceiving or accommodating the electronic device E.

A handle bar 15 may be disposed at an upper surface of the frame portion14 to be inserted into and pulled out of the frame portion 14. Thehandle bar 15 is a gripped member gripped by a user so that the user candrag or pull the carrier main body 1 in a state a plurality of wheels 11provided at the lower end of the carrier main body 1 are placed on theground and the handle bar 15 is pulled out of the frame portion 14.

The handle bar 15 may have a cross-section of a “U” or “

” shape closed by a handle 16, which is a part gripped by a traveler byhand. Guide bars 17 inserted into both ends of the frame portion 14 maybe formed at both ends of the handle 16.

The guide bars 17 are inserted into and fixed to both end portions ofthe frame portion 14. The guide bars 17 can be pulled out of both endsof the frame portion 14 when a push button (not shown) provided at oneside of the handle 16 is operated or pushed. When the guide bars 17 arepulled out of the frame portion 14 to a predetermined distance, theguide bars 17 are hooked to insides of the both ends of the frameportion 14, and thus, the guide bars 17 are prevented from beingentirely separated from the frame portion 14.

Assuming that the upper end of the carrier main body 1 is arbitrarilycut in a horizontal direction, the handle bar 15 may be longitudinallydisposed at the frame portion 14 in a left-right direction.

More particularly, when the upper end of the carrier main body 1 has arectangular horizontal section which is an upper surface of ahexahedron, the frame portion 14 may be longitudinally disposed in afront-rear direction, and the handle bar 15 may be longitudinallydisposed in a length direction of the frame portion 14. Therefore, thehandle bar 15 is installed at the frame portion 14 that maintains acenter of gravity of the carrier main body 1. Thus, in a case where thewheels 11 are provided at lower four positions of the carrier main body1 as an example, the carrier main body 1 can be stably slid in anupright state without falling down back and forth or right and left whena traveler pushes or pulls the handle bar 15 while keeping the carriermain body 1 vertically disposed.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, a housing entrance (not designated byreference numeral) of the auxiliary housing 12 where the electronicdevice E is inserted or taken out is covered when the handle bar 15 isinserted into the frame portion 14 and is exposed to an outside when thehandle bar 15 is pulled out of the frame portion 14.

When the handle bar 15 is pulled out of the frame portion 14, thehousing entrance is exposed to the outside so that the traveler can takeout the electronic device E which is stored in the auxiliary housing 12to the outside or can insert the electronic device E which is disposedat the outside into through the housing entrance and can accommodate itin the auxiliary housing 12.

On the other hand, when the handle bar 15 is inserted into the frameportion 14, the housing entrance is closed or separated from theoutside, and the electronic device E accommodated in the auxiliaryhousing 12 can be protected from the outside.

In the embodiment of the invention, the electronic device E may widelyencompass various electronic devices, such as a notebook computer, alaptop, a tablet, and a mobile phone. However, an article that can beaccommodated in the auxiliary housing 12 is not limited to theelectronic device E in the invention. For example, some users mayaccommodate a book or the like having a relatively small thickness,instead of the electronic device E such as a notebook computer, in theauxiliary housing 12.

In this instance, the auxiliary housing 12 may have any of variousstructures or shapes being able to be integral with an internalstructure of the frame portion 14 to form an additional accommodatingspace for receiving the electronic device E. For example, the auxiliaryhousing 12 maybe formed of an accommodating space of the frame portionformed by a pouch 18, which is formed at a lower end of the handle bar15 so that the electronic device E is separately stored at the lower endof the handle bar 15. The pouch 18 may be formed of cloth or leather.

More particularly, as shown in FIG. 3, the auxiliary housing 12 may beinserted into and fixed to an inner space of the frame portion 14. Theauxiliary housing 12 may further include a pouch 18. The pouch 18 may bedetachably coupled to an upper end of the frame portion 14 where ahousing entrance is disposed.

An upper end portion 19 of the pouch 18 may be detachably coupled to azipper coupling portion 13 provided in an upper end of the frame portion14 by a zipper. The upper portion 19 of the pouch 18 may be detachablycoupled to the housing entrance by the zipper operated by the user. Inaddition, the pouch 18 or at least the upper end portion 19 of the pouch18 may be formed of a cloth material or a leather material so as tofacilitate coupling by the zipper.

Meanwhile, although it is not shown in the drawing, an opening andclosing portion may be further provided for opening and closing aportion corresponding to the housing entrance by a zipper when theauxiliary housing 12 is form of the pouch 18.

In addition, the travel carrier according to the embodiment of theinvention may include a battery (not shown), which is inserted into oneside of an upper end of the first and/or second accommodating body 10Aand/or 10B, and a power charging unit 20 for charging the electronicdevice E. The power charging unit 20 may be formed of a battery chargingterminal connected to the battery.

In this instance, the battery may be detachably coupled to abattery-receiving portion formed at the first and/or secondaccommodating body 10A and/or 10B. Accordingly, the traveler can removethe battery from the battery-receiving portion before sending the travelcarrier as a checked baggage or before boarding an airplane, and thus,the travel carrier can be safely transmitted.

Although not shown in the drawings, the battery charging terminal mayhave a multi-type so as to be connected to various power terminals ofvarious electronic devices E in markets.

As described above, in the travel carrier according to the embodiment ofthe invention, the power charging unit 20 for charging the electronicdevice E is provided separately at an outer portion of the first and/orsecond accommodating body 10A and/or 10B, the traveler who should travelfor a long time can immediately charge the electronic device E when theelectronic device E is discharged.

Hereinafter, an example where the travel carrier according to theinvention is used will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings (particularly, FIGS. 2 and 4).

First, when a traveler prepares for a trip, the traveler selects firstand/or second accommodating body 10A and/or 10B having a suitable sizein consideration of a travel purpose and a volume of articles to becarried and couples the selected first and/or second accommodating body10A and/or 10B to a front surface and/or a rear surface of the frameportion 14.

For example, when a traveler tries to travel by plane and intends tocarry the travel carrier according to the invention as a carry-onbaggage on the plane, the first accommodating body 10A and the secondaccommodating body 10B having sizes suitable to be inserted into a cabinof the plane may be selected and be coupled to the frame portion 14.

On the contrary, when a traveler tries to travel by plane and intends tosend the travel carrier according to the invention as a checked baggage,the first accommodating body 10A and the second accommodating body 10Bhaving relatively large sizes may be selected and be coupled to theframe portion 14. Thus, the traveler can prepare for a trip without aburden of reducing the baggage.

Meanwhile, at the time of travel by plane, in a process of carrying thetravel carrier according to the invention into a cabin, a traveler pullsa handle 16 of a handle bar 15 out of the frame portion 14, as shown inFIG. 3, when the electronic device E should be inserted into anauxiliary housing 12 or be taken out of the auxiliary housing 12, orshould be passed through an airport security.

In this instance, as the handle 16 of the handle bar 15 is pulled out tothe outside, a housing entrance of the auxiliary housing 12, which wascovered by the handle bar 15, is exposed to the outside. Then, thetraveler can take out the electronic device E to the outside of theauxiliary housing 12 or insert the electronic device E into theauxiliary housing 12 through the housing entrance exposed by the handlebar 15.

Meanwhile, when there is concern for a discharge of the electronicdevice E, the traveler can charge the electronic device E through abattery charging terminal of a power charging unit 20 for charging theelectronic device E. Thus, problems of inconvenience in using theelectronic device E can be resolved.

In the travel carrier according to the embodiment of the invention, atraveler can select an accommodating body having a suitable sizeconsidering a travel purpose and a volume of portable articles, and cancouple the selected accommodating body to the frame portion to form acarrier main body. The carrier main body can be stably transportedthrough using a handle bar coupled to the frame portion for maintaininga center of gravity. Also, an electronic device can be easily insertedinto and taken out of the travel carrier without opening theaccommodating body when it is passed through a security device of anairport or so on, thereby improving convenience. Further, since a handlebar is provided in the frame portion, the handle is disposed at acentral portion of the travel carrier, and thus, the travel carrier canbe used without discriminating a front side and a rear side of thetravel carrier.

In the above, some embodiments of the travel carrier according to theinvention are described in detail with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. However, embodiments of the invention are not necessarilylimited by the above-described embodiments, and various modificationsand equivalents may be made by those skilled in the art in which theinvention is pertained. Therefore, the scope of the invention is definedby the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A travel carrier, comprising: a frame portionformed of a rigid material and vertically arranged in a central portionto form a part of an upper end portion and a part of a lower endportion; and a first accommodating body and a second accommodating bodydetachably coupled to one side and the other side of the frame portion,respectively, and including at least one wheel at a lower end portion tobe in rolling-contact with the ground, wherein at least one of the firstaccommodating body and the second accommodating body is detachablycoupled to the one side or the other side of the frame portion by azipper.
 2. The travel carrier of claim 1, wherein front or rear edges ofthe first accommodating body and the second accommodating body areengaged with or disengaged from a front or rear edge of the frameportion by the zipper to have an annular shape or a closed shape.
 3. Thetravel carrier of claim 1, wherein the frame portion comprises anauxiliary housing to accommodate an electronic device therein.
 4. Thetravel carrier of claim 3, further comprising: a handle bar disposed atan upper surface of the frame portion to be inserted into and pulled outof the frame portion, wherein the auxiliary housing has a housingentrance for receiving the electronic device, and wherein the housingentrance is covered when the handle bar is inserted into the frameportion and is exposed when the handle bar is pulled out of the frameportion.
 5. The travel carrier of claim 3, wherein the auxiliary housingfurther comprises a pouch disposed at an inner space of the frameportion, and wherein the pouch is detachably coupled to an upper end ofthe frame portion where the housing entrance for receiving theelectronic device is disposed.
 6. The travel carrier of claim 5, whereinan upper end of the pouch is coupled to or separated from an upper endof the frame portion where the housing entrance is disposed by a zipper.7. The travel carrier of claim 1, wherein the first accommodating bodyand the second accommodating body are made to have various sizes so thatvarious articles of various volumes are stored and are selectivelycoupled to the frame portion detachably.
 8. The travel carrier of claim1, wherein the first accommodating body and the second accommodatingbody are made to have different colors and are selectively coupled tothe frame portion detachably.
 9. The travel carrier of claim 1, furthercomprising: a battery inserted into and disposed at a side of an upperend of at least one of the first accommodating body and the secondaccommodating body; and a power charging unit for charging an electronicdevice, wherein the power charging unit comprising a battery chargingterminal connected to the battery.